The Office Publishing certificate is intended for those seeking entry-level clerical office positions and who desire to enhance their job skills. This certificate provides current or prospective employers with tangible evidence of desktop publishing basics in Microsoft Publisher and Adobe InDesign.

Basic Office Support Skills I is a one-semester certificate program which familiarizes students with the skills needed for entry-level office positions. Topics include basic skills in Microsoft Office applications (Windows and File organization, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook), data entry/10 key, customer service, and general office procedures.

Prepare the student for entry-level assistant positions in A/P, A/R, billing, payroll, or in the financial services industry, such as bank teller or tax assistant. The student builds soft skills in customer service and communication with applicable computer skills.

Develop basic employability in word processing skills to create typical business documents such as letters, memos and reports. Students learn basic editing and formatting skills, creating and formatting headers and footers, tables and references.

Prepare students for entry-level and mid-level clerical office accounting positions. Students will learn skills needed to be competitive in the present job market—Microsoft Word, Excel, and accounting principles with the integration of QuickBooks. Students who receive this certificate will be qualified to apply for various accounting positions including, but not limited to, bookkeeper, accounts receivable, accounts payable and/or payroll clerk

Basic familiarization of specialized accounting skills in the areas of Income Tax Preparation, Accounts receivable and payable, and Payroll using QuickBooks. Provides students with a minimum of skills towards employability.

Computer Applications for Business tracks are for students interested in all levels of administrative positions including administrative office practices (keyboarding, computer literacy/ applications, clerical and general office work, internet research, eBusiness and eOffice web technologies, scheduling and appointment systems, creating and organizing documents, and employee/customer relations).

COUNSELING

Individual counseling is available by appointment throughout the semester at the Downtown Campus. Counseling services include educational planning, transcript evaluations, career counseling and short-term personal counseling. Appointments can be made by calling the New Student Counseling Department at 415-267-6555.

NOTE: If a class is filled attend the first class meeting and request to ADD the class (space permitting). Online electronic Registration Forms can be dropped off in person at 88 4th Street (at Mission) or can be emailed to rpadilla@ccsf.edu. There are four quarters in a noncredit business semester and courses start and end at each quarter once a month. Course duration 15hr, 45hr, or 90hr classes.

New Students must APPLY to the college and obtain an auto-generated Student I.D.

Meet with a Counselor and enroll in one of our many program certificates.

Job Preparation

Downtown program certificates prepare students to respond to an increasingly tight job market by providing the technological and business communication skills required in the workplace.

Comprehensive instruction is offered in traditional classroom and in computer labs equipped with industry standard hardware and software. Our transcript-documented program certificates range from 45 hours to 690 hours and are Employment Development Department (EDD) recognized.

Class sizes can range from 30 students in a computer lab to 40 students in a classroom setting. The duration time of the classes varies (one-, two-, or four-day classes), and classes may include prerequisites and advisories. Classes range from 15 hours, 30 hours, 45 hours, and 90 hours. Employee inservices available upon request.

Familiarize yourself with the specific learning outcomes to attain a Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certificate. Business noncredit hands classes are tuition free and indepth and supplement preparation and Gmetrix provides self-paced training and testing and combined support students in completing all student learning outcomes. Learning Outcomes:

*Gmetrix is not available for Intuit QuickBooks. Students must use the Downtown Center computer labs with online QuickBooks practice testing not available for home use. QuickBooks Student Learning Outcomes.

STEP 3

Setup a Gmetrix account at www.gmetrix.net to immediately beging training and testing. Students must download and install Gmetrix software on a personal desktop or laptop computer. Students who do not own a computer may use Downtown Center computer labs during scheduled hours for Gmetrix training.

Certiport candidates will be provided with a Gemetrix Pass Code after they have registered for into Certiport. Passcodes provided after registration and in-person intake. All pass codes and Certiport vouncers expire 1/2016. Attain an industry standard MOS or Intuit QuickBooks certificate.

STEP 4

Attain the Gmetrix score needed to move forward with Certiport. Certiport testing is proctored and by appointment: rpadilla@ccsf.edu. Full testing dates available soon.